·adj Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.
II. Brute ·vt To Report; to Bruit.
III. Brute ·noun A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
IV. Brute ·noun An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; ·esp. a quadruped; a beast.
V. Brute ·adj Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
VI. Brute ·adj Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
VII. Brute ·adj Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.
VIII. Brute ·adj Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.